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Cam Newton went 11-5 last year and had a terrific playoff game capped off by a perfect Hail Mary pass that should have been caught for the W

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Anybody that says Cam Newton is anything other than an MVP/All-Pro/top tier QB either knows nothing about football or knows nothing about Cam Newton. 

Cam found Funchess with single coverage in the end zone and threw a pass Aaron Rodgers would envy and Funchess just whiffed. If Funchess catches it, Cam caps off a legendary playoff game comeback in the Superdome in one of the greatest wins in team history. That Funchess dropped it doesn't make his game and that pass any less impressive.

Just a reminder to some folks that need it.

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It was a truly all time great playoff performance.  Especially with him and Funchess having obvious injuries (Funchess I think suffered in the TB home game).  I look back more on the Clay drop, the missed XP than the Funchess chance there but most of all that BS intentional grounding call.  What could have been had we won that game and gotten a rematch with a team we had already beat for a trip to the NFC Championship....

With all that said, this is why it's better to have everyone sleep on us.

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16 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

Anybody that says Cam Newton is anything other than an MVP/All-Pro/top tier QB either knows nothing about football or knows nothing about Cam Newton. 

Cam found Funchess with single coverage in the end zone and threw a pass Aaron Rodgers would envy and Funchess just whiffed. If Funchess catches it, Cam caps off a legendary playoff game comeback in the Superdome in one of the greatest wins in team history. That Funchess dropped it doesn't make his game and that pass any less impressive.

Just a reminder to some folks that need it.

Not to be rude, but didn't you say that not so long ago?

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17 minutes ago, run-run-pass-punt said:

If Funchess had 2 arms, we would have won that game.

No he wouldn’t have. His shoulder played no role in him not coming down with that ball. Just like at the end of the Jets game last year as well, Funchess isn’t a good deep ball receiver.

I’ve never seen a WR get such a career pass the way Funchess has dating back to his Michigan days.

I got sh!t on for suggesting Funchess should’ve caught that ball when it happened but anyone with a lick of football sense could see it. So leave it up to the huddle to disagree of course 

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Thinking about that game and who are WR's were really makes you appreciate the players coming back from injury and the upgrades we made in the offseason.

Going from the likes of Klay, Shepard and Bersin to Moore, Smith, Wright and getting Samuel/Byrd back from injury should make anyone excited about our offense's potential this year.

 

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23 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

No he wouldn’t have. His shoulder played no role in him not coming down with that ball. Just like at the end of the Jets game last year as well, Funchess isn’t a good deep ball receiver.

I’ve never seen a WR get such a career pass the way Funchess has dating back to his Michigan days.

I got sh!t on for suggesting Funchess should’ve caught that ball when it happened but anyone with a lick of football sense could see it. So leave it up to the huddle to disagree of course 

Funchess said he lost it in the lights.  He catches that ball at home.

I'm not sure you can really say that a guy has 'gotten a pass' with 3 years of NFL/playoff/super bowl experience who now has 1,600 yards and is literally the same age as the guy the falcons just drafted in the first round who hasn't played a snap.  Would you say the Falcons are excited about their first round WR pick?  Cause him and Funchess are starting this year at the exact same place in their lives.  And now he isn't just a 22 year old thrust into his first year of actually playing WR.  He has experience and much more support around him.  Don't let me stop you from rooting against the team and for your narrative though.  I'm sure that's a blast.

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I have two opinions about Cam that I can’t decide which one is true but I have narrowed it down to 2.

1. Cam is the most unlucky QB there is. Having Shula as an OC, bad offensive line and bad WR. He has talent but the players around him are bringing him down.

 

2. Cam is overrated. He isn’t consistent. He is great athletically but is average when it comes to throwing the ball. He has flashes of greatness but then makes horrible decisions. His completion % is horrible. He has wide open receivers that he never checks down to.

 

honestly I don’t know what to believe. Cam has won the MVP but that year we actually had a good offensive line, probowl TE, healthy RB and a defense that gave Cam lots of short yard situations. Lots of seasons when he struggled he was injured, had a horrible offensive line and or had no WR. So it’s tough for me to say which of the 2 is true. However if Shula has a great season with Old Eli at QB I think we should question how good Cam is. If Cam can do good with a different OC maybe it was Shula who was the problem. We have changed our scheme around and went from tall slower WR to fast better route running WR. We have CMC for short yards to help improve Cams completion %. The only issue I see is the offensive line.

 

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22 minutes ago, backINblack28 said:

Funchess said he lost it in the lights.  He catches that ball at home.

I'm not sure you can really say that a guy has 'gotten a pass' with 3 years of NFL/playoff/super bowl experience who now has 1,600 yards and is literally the same age as the guy the falcons just drafted in the first round who hasn't played a snap.  Would you say the Falcons are excited about their first round WR pick?  Cause him and Funchess are starting this year at the exact same place in their lives.  And now he isn't just a 22 year old thrust into his first year of actually playing WR.  He has experience and much more support around him.  Don't let me stop you from rooting against the team and for your narrative though.  I'm sure that's a blast.

Oh look the age “pass”... *yawn*

Ridley is also a lot more polished than Funchess. So now what piss poor excuse you got?

Funchess has also been really quiet going against a terrible secondary this camp. Funchess isn’t a “gamer” so you’d like to see him at least put on a show at camp but he’s not doing that.

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